“Pierre Janet, a French professor of psychology who became prominent in the early twentieth century, attempted to fully chronicle late- Victorian hysteria in his landmark work The Major Symptoms of Hysteria. His catalogue of symptoms was staggering, and included somnambulism… — Michelle Stacey Copy Share Image
“In 1944-1945, Dr Ancel Keys, a specialist in nutrition and the inventor of the K-ration, led a carefully controlled yearlong study of starvation at… — Michelle Stacey Copy Share Image
“As Mollie said to Dailey in the 1890s: "I am told that there are five other Mollie Fanchers, who together, make the whole of… — Michelle Stacey Copy Share Image
“The physical shape of Mollies paralyses and contortions fit the pattern of late-nineteenth-century hysteria as well — in particular the phases of "grand hysteria"… — Michelle Stacey Copy Share Image
“Pierre Janet, a French professor of psychology who became prominent in the early twentieth century, attempted to fully chronicle late- Victorian hysteria in his… — Michelle Stacey Copy Share Image
“How could one help being nervous in this mind-expanding universe, in which the emerging universe would threaten to change unrecognizably in the course of… — Michelle Stacey Copy Share Image
